Wednesday, May 28, 2008
what's fair
“One cannot shoe a running horse” - Dutch Proverb
are you ready?
stand still with me, then perhaps i can shoe you. oh be still.
a man sits along the quiet gray aisle, playing a game of stack the pebbles with himself. he curses as the last pebble rolled off the top of six. so close, he laments. we all have times we feel frustrated, shipwrecked and alone. but there are also times where you see that warm welcoming glimmer of light - no, not the dying kind; the hopeful kind. the simplest things, perhaps even the unrelated, can lighten up your day. a person's laughter, an unexpected kiss, a random act of kindness.
some people want to get what's fair, and are prepared to fight arm and leg for it. but fair ain't what you really need. your glass is empty, and it's a hell of a long way home. so hold on to yourself, keep still. and let me shoe you. then you can run, as wild and far as your imagination takes you.
So many times betrayed
Trying to find an honest word
To find the truth enslaved
Oh you speak to me in riddles
And you speak to me in rhyme
My body aches to breathe your breath
Your words keep me alive
And I would be the one
To hold you down
Kiss you so hard
I'll take your breath away
And after I'd wipe away the tears,
Just close your eyes dear
- Sarah Mclachlan
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